sick roo?

[sundayschicks]

my beautiful speckled sussex roo is loosing the feathers on his neck. he has quit crowing. is still eating and drinking,and seems to have lots of engery.......

 

[flashover1969]

Probably molting

 

[sundayschicks]

i have pics but don't know how to move them to my post

 

[tiki244]

are the pics on BYC?uploads?

 

[sundayschicks]

yes

 

[willowbranchfarm]

I think he's molting.

 

[tiki244]

left click the image link under the photo and when it turns blue right click it,,,,there will appear a little box with words. Click copy and then come back over here click new post and then click paste

 

[sundayschicks]

thanks, i just love this bird. he is such a gentleman.

 

[dawg53]

I agree that he's most likely in molt, it's that time of the year. Visually inspect him for lice/mites just in case. You can increase his protein intake by giving him some scrambled egg in his feed to help with feather regrowth.

 

[sundayschicks]

here is the pic of my now not so pretty roo. i sure hope he is just molting.